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THE SEHI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA. L. BARID, PubllBher.
TERMS, $1.15 IN ADVANOH.
WORTH PLATTS, . . NEBRASKA
EPITOME OF EVENTS
PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO
MANY SUBJECTS.
ARE SHORT BUT INTERESTING
Brief Mention of What It Transpiring
In Various Sections of Our Own
and Foreign Countries.
Congress.
Senator Bacon Introduced a resolu
tion for recognition of the republic of
China.
The secretary of tho navy asked for
ft $ 100,000 appropriation for Pearl
Harbor (Hawaii) naval hospital.
ItoproBontallvo Cox of Indiana intro
duced bills to transfer boots, shoes
and all other leather to tho free list.
The war department recommended
a 1,000-foot channel of approach to
Baltimore harbor at a cost of $305,250.
Tho scnato Interstate commerco
committee ordered favorablo report on
appointment of Interstate ommerce
Commissioner 12. E. Clarke,
Tho houufr republicans of Interior
department expendlturo committee
lllod a minority report, condcmnlns
charges ngnlnst former Indian Com
missioner Valentine.
Tho house soon nfter convening at
noon on tho 2d, adjourned out of re.
flpect to the momory of tho lato Rop
jsentntlve .lohn G. McIIenry of
Tennsylvanla.
Chairman Pujo of the house "monoy
trust" Investigating commlttoo called
a meeUng for Saturday to consider
l!io question of getting William Rocke
I i lor beforo tho committee.
In the house Representative Luthl
rum Introduced a bill for a special
commission to Investigate tho cause
( f railroad accidents and recommend
ed preventive measures.
The scnato adopted Senntor Gore's
resolution to request tho president for
nny Information American officers
have obtained about tho newly, discov
ered Gorman tuberculosis cure.
Genera.
Mrs. Detsoy Johnson, aged 104, tho
oldest resident of Henry county, Illi
nois, died.
Allies of tho Balkans states liavo de
livered to Turkey what may bo regard
ed as un ultimatum.
According to an antl-admlulBtratloa
leader, tho rovolutton In Mexico will
continue for years.
Soven momberB of tho Osago tribal
council havo boen rumovod by Secre
tary of tho Interior Fishor.
Governor-Elect Kulzer of Now York
walked to tho stato capltol at Albany
to tako tho oath of olllco,
Tho resignation of Manuel Caloro,
Mexican ambassador to tho United
States, waB received at Mexico City.
Stenographers throughout tho coun
try observed tho centenary of tho
birth of ltmu.0 Plttman, lnvontor of
modern shortlinnd.
Tho Chicago board of trade peti
tioned tho intorstato commorco com
mission to rcduco to Vi cents tho rate
on grain for export from Omaha.
Tho omporor of Russia has accopted
tho resignation of M. Makaroff as min
ister of tho Interior. Tho causa as
signed for M. MakarofT'a resignation
is ill health.
Arthur Fnllor, tho aviator, exceeded
by Ilvo seconds tho world's record for
n duration flight In a blplano carrying
five passengers. Ills timo was ono
hour, six minutes and fivo seconds.
Jamos ForrlsB, editor of tho Jollet
(III.) News, was assaulted by Bon E.
Mooro, a local ganigo proprietor, who
wan recently tho subject of an attack
In tho Nows. Tho editor loBt sovoral
teeth.
Cabled Instructions from tho Philip
pine gcnoral assembly 1o work for tho
pastngo of Uio Jones bill to provido for
Philippine Indopendonco wero receiv
ed by Delegate Quezon o tho Philip
pines. Soif supporting women require at
least $8 a .wcok lu Philadelphia for
.ho barest nocoBBltles, nccwrdlng to a
warning Issuod by tho commission of
roclal service, of tho Inter-Church fed
eration of Philadelphia..
Discussion of plans to place Bibles
In every hotel In tho countTy was tho
chief topic of discussion at tho first
of a three days' session of tho north
western Gideons, an organisation of
traveling men at Minneapolis.
Criticism of tho courso of Attorney
Gcnoral Wickersham 'In tho Southern
Pacific oil land litigation Is niado by
counsel for tho Southern Pacific Rail
road company In a brief filed In tho
supremo court In defense of its claim
to millions of dollar' worth of west
ern oil lands.
Hamilton Lowla suggested to Gover
nor Wilson that promise of patrouago
might help him get a senate seat.
Finally showing her hand In tho
peace negotiations, Turkey In a guard
ed way suggests mediation by tho
powors.
Great Interest attached lo tho moot
ing In Paris between Premier Poln
caro and ex-Premier lllbot, two' of the
candidates for tho presidency of
Franco.
An Inspection of tho Prlnco Una
steamer Austrian Prlnco, which on
Friday sank the steamer Amaels in
Montevideo harbor, nhowa that It was
sot damaged.
A dangerous flvo dollar counterfeit
has been discovered by tho treasury
dopartment.
At Carrington, N. D , fireman Btood
hclplees while an entire city block
burned. Tho city water supply was
exhausted soon after tho flro started.
Denial Is made by the Insular bu
reau of any revolutionary plot In the
Philippine islands.
A groat military, naval and civic
display is planned in connection with
Mr. Wilson's Inauguration.
Ortio McManlgal nnd Frank K.
Painter may be tried In Omaha for ex
plosions In Douglas county.
Alaska has had a prosperous year,
but is handicapped by lack of tians
portation facilities and fuel.
Albert McCabe, United States dis
trict judgo In the Philippines, died at
Kochoster, Minn.
Postmaster General Hitchcock at
midnight In Washington formally In
augurated Uio parcels post system.
liurlng tho year 1912 the live stock
recclpte at South O mail a wore tho
largest in the history of that market.
Gonoral Luis Fernandez, who was
prominent in Gonoral Orozco'o army,
surrendered with 200 of his men at
Parral, according to official reports re
ceived here.
Mrs. Elmlra Keelpr Sponcor, a veter
an army nurse, known to civil war
veterans overywhoro as tho Tloronco
Nlghtingalo of tho rebellion, Is dead
at Oswego, N. T., agod 94.
Edward E. Wagner of Mitchell, S.
D., United States attorney for that
state, nnd Charles Boynton, U. S. at
torney at Waco, Texas, have resigned.
President Taft accepted both resigna
tions. As a tragic Bcquol to marital trou
bles, Henry C. Edey, a retired broker
of Heliport, L. I shot and killed his
wlfo and then committed Btilcldo. The
double tragedy took placo In the
Edcy's bedroom.
During tho year ending December
31, 1912, there were 1,345 applicants
for enlistment in tho United States
navy ut the Omaha recruiting station.
Of theeo thore wero 282 enlisted, about
21 per cent, of tho applicants.
United Stntes Senator Jeff Davis
died suddenly at his home in Little
Rock, Ark., an the result of an attack
of apoplexy. Ho was the only man on
Jbylng the distinction of having beca
governor of Arkansas for three terms.
In Now Haven, Conn., It was an
nounced that President Taft haB leased
tho Parmolco mansion hero for a tenn
of two yoars with tho privilege of pur
chasing. The president is expected to
take up his residence Mioro soon after
leaving tho White House.
Mrs. Adelalda Otero Luna, widow of
Former Republican National Committee-man
Solomon Luna, Now Mexico
sheop baron, distributed cash and
gifts to tho "poor people of Los Lunas,
Albuorquorquo and Santa Fo, hor
bonofactlons aggregating upwards of
$10,000.
Tho lowest death rate in tho history
of Now York City is recorded in tho
annual report of tho health dopart
mont, JiiBt made public. With 73,000
deaths for the year, the rate per 1,000
wont down to 14.11, as against 15.13
In 1911, 15,98 In 1910 and sixteen In
1909.
Senator Bradley of Kentucky and
sovoral other republicans threatened
openly that if tho democrats perslHt In
opposing president Taft's appoint
ments, tho republicans will start a,
bitter contest ngnlnst President WIU"
son's appointees In tho special session
that meets after March 4.
Tho tieasury department issued n
notice to tho public that a concern
known as "tho United Stutes Treasury
Gold Mining company," said to bo
sending out lltoraturo from Chicago,
has no connection with tho treasury
and that Uio uso of tho name was not
authorized by tho treasury.
Congressman Lobcck Introduced In
tho houso a bill appropriating $100,
000 for tho construction of a pnved
rond botweon Fort Crook and tho
Bouth limit of South Omaha. Tho
bill is Identical with that introduced
in tho senate beforo tho holidays by
Senator Hitchcock.
Tho Italian supremo court has re
versed the decision of tho court of ap
peals at Palermo, which hold that
Nunzlo Nasi, former mlnlstor of pub
lic Instruction, was ineligible, to sit In
Uio Chamber of Deputies. Tho deel
Hlon ordered a new trinl of tho enso
by the appeal court at Catania.
Representative William W. Wode
moyor of Ann Arbor, Mich., who sud
denly wont Insane nt Colon, Panama,
at tho tlmo of President Toft's recent
visit to tho Isthmus, jumped overboard
from a ship on which ho had been tak
en at Colon, according to n dispatch
rfccelvod In Washington. His body
has not been recovered.
Peraonal.
Congressman, Dan V, Stephens la
in favor of election of postmasters.
Attorney Gonoral Wlckersham wus
scored by counsel for tho Southern
Pacific.
Gcnoral Castro has decided to make
a fight to remain for a tlmo in Uio
United States.
An Oklahoma man, a furmor class
mate of Governor Wilson, has been
suggested for secretary of tho interior.
Tho names of two women havo been
suggested for places In tho cabinet of
Woodrow Wilson.
Friends of Governor Norrlo of Mon
tana are booming him for a placo In
tho Wilson cablnot.
Castro saya when he dopnrts ho will
pray for tho prosperity of tho people
of tho United States.
Woman suffragists will garb them
selves' in mediaeval costume whou
they parade at Washington, March 3.
Through hie attorney, William
Hockefoileri consented fo accept sorv
ico of subpoona from' a house com
mittee. .! 1M.!Wr-Mlim K.IS -
TARIFF TO BE FIRST
IMPORTANT MATTER TO DE CON
8IOERED AT ONCE.
TO MAKE PARTY PLEDGES ROOD
Drugs, .Chemicals, Paints, etc., Will
Form Subject for the Opening
Hearing.
WaHhington. The first stago in tho
program for downward revision of tho
tariff, promisod by tho democratic
party, will bo entered upon Monday,
whon" tho houso representatives,
through Its commlttoo on ways and
moonii, will formally open the doom
to tho Ainrolcan public for tho discus
sion of tariff rates, protection to In
dustries and concessions to the "ultl
mato consumer."
Tho work will bo preparatory to
Uio first chango of tariff duties sinco
1908, when tho Payno-Aldrlch law waa
enacted by a republican congress and
approved by a republican president
Fortified by Uio election of a demo
cratic president and congress, tho
adoption of a tariff reduction plank at
tho Baltimore convention and tho
pronouncement of Prosldcnt-elect Wil
son that tariff rovislon is to bo the
first big achlovemont of tho new ad
ministration, democratic leaders will
open tho hearings confident that they
will load to an early chango in many,
If not all, of Uio schedules of tho ex
isting tariff law.
Methods Not Decided.
Tho method of the approaching re
vision and tho extent of tho changes
to bo mado in tho present duties aro
points not fully settled by tho demo
cratic loaders in congress and President-elect
Wilson. It Is known that
reduced duties on chemical, metal,
cotton and woolon goods will follow
closoly Uio standard fixed by tho bills
which havo passed tho domocraUc
Iioubo during Uio last two years,
nono of which has bcomo law.
Output of Stamps Doubled.
Washington. By direction of Post
master Hitchcock tho bureau of en.
graving and printing today increased
its daily output of parcel post stamps
'from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000.
Prom practically every section ol
tho country requisitions by mall nnd
by telegram aro being mado for more
parcel stamps. PoBtofflce officials are
positive that no danger of a tleup of
tho service exists on account of the
exhaustion of the supply of stamps, as
a sufficient reserve is on hand hero.
Reports received from postmasters
in various partB of tho United States
Indicate n tremendous increase in
business on account of parcel opst,
but no serious congestion is reported,
and tfto department has not boon re
quested to furnish any additional as
sistance. Fragmentary reports indi
cate that the success of the now sorv
ico has exceeded all expectations.
Cured of a Broken Back1
Omaha. Tho freo uso of his limbs,
porfect health and his discharge from
St. Jospeh's hospital wub Uie birthday
gift of Pollco Surgeon T. T. Harris,
and tho kindly sisters to Frank Mur- j
ray, n railroad blacksmith, whoso
hbmo Is In Perry, la. On July 27, last
year, Murray was brought Into Uio
hospital with his back broken, his
body marred and his limbs bleeding,
and torn, the result of being struck
down by an engine In the railroad
yards near Fourtoonth and Hurt
streets.
Last night ho loft tho hospital
bundled up warmly in nn overcoat
given him by tho surgeon and ho
walked nil tho way down town with
out tho aid of crutches or compan
ions. Sunday he celebrated his thirty
first birthday, und somo timo this
week ho will go to his homo in Perry
to sco loved ones whom six months
ago ho thought ho would novcr look
upon again. Tho recovery is looked
upon by physicians all over tho coun
try as marvolous.
Deadlock in Peace Conference.
London. Unless Turkey or Uio
Balkan statos can bo prevailed upon
to recede from tliolr presont stiff
necked nttltudo tho peace negotia
tions havo arrived at an abeoluto
doudlock and Monday's meeting will
bo tho last of tho conferonco. Tho
Turkish dolegntcs strongly alllrm that
Uioy have offered all they can con
cede. Tho Balkan dolegate3 protest
with equal Yehomonco that tho Otto
man omplro muBt surrender to them
what they consider to be Uio spoils
of war.
Tho Horce Comes Back.
Chicago, 111. Tho horse has come
back Into his own hire. Tho auto
mobile bus lino running botweon de
partment stores and railroad staUons
has been abandoned,
Reports Are Unfounded.
Vienna. Tho alarming reports In
circulation abroad concerning the
health of Emperor Francis Josoph, aro
untrue. His majesty promenaded for
half an hour on the gallery of Schoen
bmnn castle, receiving Borne court
dignitaries.
Senator Bailey Resigns.
Washington. Senator Josoph W.
Bailey Bent his resignation as senator
from Texas to Senator Gallinger to
take effect Immediately. R. M, John
ston will Biiccced lilm.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Owing to fine weather and absence
6f snow, cattlo on Uio range In Ne
braska aro doing line.
Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson of Custer
county began the new year by cele
brating their golden wedding.
Thus far there has not boon much
cold weather. Still many points in Ne
braska aro reporting good Ice.
Omaha has a preacher Unit has
married 2.CC5 couples up to January,
1913. Ho started tho new year by
hitching up three additional couples.
Whllo running Into NcbrasKa City
from Falls City a few days ago a
train crew on tho Burlington caw a
deer, full grown, running along tho
rightof-wny. The animal ran between
the rails, for Bovernl hundred yards.
The wolf hunt held west of Beatrice
waa attended by about 800 men and
boys and ono lone gray wolf was shot
At tho close of the hunt a hot lunch
was served, followed by soveral eri
Joyable athletic contests.
Mr. and Mrs. Kearns, of Omaha,
having no confidence In banks, hoard
ed their savings In tho houso until it
had reached $1,500. Then they went
to a neighbors to welcome In the new
year, and while thus engaged a thief
entered tho house and took tho sav
ings of twenty years.
At Beatrico George Wilkinson, pro
prietor of the Wilkinson meat markets,
was brought beforo County Judge Wel
ti on and pleaded guilty to the charge
of having on hand with Intent to sell,
two gallons of oysters adulterated
with water, contrary to the pure food
law. Ho was lined $50 and costs,
which he paid.
Tho terms of tho district court for
the Sixteenth judicial district, for the
year 1913, have been fixed by Judgo
Westover to bo held Uio following
dates: Brown county, March 17, Sep
tember 15; Box Butte county, March
24, October 20; Cherry county, April
7, September 29; DaweB county, May
19, November 10; Sioux county, May
12, October 13; Sheridan county, April
21, Octobor C.
Only thirty-seven miles of actually
now trackage was built by the rail
roads in Nebraska In 1912, according to
tho latest figures. New railroad mil
eage built during the past year is but
2,997 miles in the entire country, the
smallest In fifteen years, and seventy
mileB less than in 1911. New locomo
tives built numbered 4,403, compared
with 2,530 In 1911, and the largest
number since 1906.
John Frazler, jr., of Roseland and
Clifford Poulson of near Trumbull
wero awarded first and Becond prizes
in tho Adams county boys' corn con
test. Thoy were the only two who
stayed In tho contest to the end of
tho season. Frazler, who is about 16
years old, raised thirty-three bushels
and twenty pounds on his acre in
spite of the fact that it was' badly
damaged by hatHn the middle of the
summer.
Tho three judges of the district
court of Lancaster county announced
tho calling of a grand jury to be held
the latter part of tho monUi. The In
quisitorial body will bo asked to in
vestigate prevailing high prices for ne
cessities, alleged to bo tho result of
combinations in restraint of trade on
tho part of retail dealers. An alleged
combine among coal dealers, evidence
of which, it is claimed, was brought
out at a recent damage suit, is ex
pected to form one of the features of
the Investigation by tho grand jury.
Men at tho head of tho Public Serv
Ico league of Lincoln aro drafting a
bill for submission at the coming ses
sion which provides that water power
concerns likely to be operated in this
Btnto within tho near future shall pay
a 2 per cent occupation tax to the
state, the tax to be levied on each con-
cenrs gross receipts. Those support
ing tho measure argue that tho state
is not prepared to develop ItB own re
sources at the presont time and that
tho most feasible plan is to allow pri
vate capital to make tho initial ven
tures In water power development.
During tho fiscal year that closed
Juno 30 tho Union Pacific Increased
Its already heavy holdings in Gmnd
Island stock by nearly $400,000. The
total stock Issues of tho St. Joseph &
Grand Island railway, Including com
mon, first preferred and second pre
ferred, amounts to $13,C00,00O. Of this
nmount tho Union Pacific owned at
tho end of the"' fiscal year $9,197,490,
leaving $1,102,510 in tho hands of out
side parties. This amount is $392,550
less than It waB Juno 30, 1911.
Washington dispatch: Nebraska
ranks thirty-second among tho states
of the union with respect to the ratio
of tho number of men in the national
gunrd to tho number of males avail
ablo for military service, according to
tho annual report of the division of
military affairs, war department,
which was mado public today. The
strength of tho Nobraska militia Is
given as 1,459 men and officers. Ac
cording to national guard reports
thore aro only 131,159 men In Uie stato
available for military duty, of which
1.11 per cent aro in tho national
guard, whereas tho census bureau
found 267,497 men In tho Btnto capablo
of bearing arms.
Tho failure of a consignment of
steel to arrive hns delayed building
operations on the new High school at
Fremont. The contractors aro bewail
ing tho loss of tlmo during tho mild
weather.
Those In charge' of tho state tuborcu
losis hospital at Kearney hnvo an
nounced that they have effected their
first cure at the institution, and havo
Bont tho patient home. Ho was a
prominent banker in tho weBtorn part
of tho state. Ho was treated in se
clusion, his townspeople thinking him
to bo In a sanitarium In tho cast under
going treatment for nervous troubles.
WOK
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USERS
FIGHT
W. L. MINOR TAKE8 UP THE CUD
GEL IN THEIR DEFENSE.
SENDS A LETTER TO
Urgen New Rule Giving More Leeway
to Those Who Are Unable o
Meet Obligations,
Thcro has been considerable con
troversy between users of water
under tho government ditch In Scotts
Bluff county and tho government over
Uie cancellation of water rights held
by thoBo who becamo delinquent to
tho government for two years and bo
fore coming to Lincoln to accept tho
dopulyshlp in the state auditor's of
llco, W. L. Minor took up tho matter
with the department In behalf of the
users of water on the Bello Fourcho
project, taking exception to the rul-
Ing of the department, which was
that "a fullure to make any two pay
ments when due shall render tho
entry subject to cancellation with for
feiture of all rights under tho act
jmd of money already paid In."
Mr. Minor contends that the gov
ernment is wrong in its construction
of the act cited above, which he says
comes under tho head of "Construc
tion" and does not deal nt all with the
section under the head of "Operation
and Maintenance." According to a. let
ter received by Mr. Minor from Con
gressman Klnkajd, enclosing tho opin
ion of Samuel Adams, first assistant
secretary of the interior,, if pnrties
are delinquent ou their 1911 and 1912
payments on December 31 of this year
Btcps will bo taken to cancel their
contracts.
Mr. Minor in Lis-letter to Congress
man Kinknid says: "Section 6 of the
act of Juno, 1912, authorizes the sec
retary of tho interior to use tho recla
mation fund for the operation and
maintenance of all reservoirs and ir
rigation works constructed under the
provisions of the act To mo this
seems explicit and that no direct
chargo for operation and mainten
ance should ever havo been mado on
the settlers.
"Immediately following tho quota
tion above from Section 6, r find the
following: 'Provided, that when the
pa"ymonts required by this act are
mado for a portion of tho lands irrl.
gated from the waters of any of tho
works provided for them the manage
ment and operation of such irriga
tion works shall pass to the owners
of the lands Irrigated thereby, to bo
maintained at their expense.' This
implies that no operation and main
tenance charges wero contemplated
by thjs act until the construction
charges were paid out and tho canal
turned over to the settlers.
"It seems to me that tho govern
ment should be satisfied with its
power to shut off a man's water supply
to enforco collection of operation nnd
maintenance expenses and that Is all
that is necessary, and that power to
cancel should not be claimed.
"Immediately connected with this
subject is another that tho govern
ment now requires the advance pay
ment on operation and maintenance,
December 1, beforo they begin to de
liver tho water tho following May,
flvo months beforo the water Is de
livered and eleven months before the
completion of tho delivery. I believe
tho principle wrong, for I know of no
private entorpriso which expects this.
Tho government ought not to cancel
entries because of the non-payment of
a charge for water that they have
never delivered arid which thoy can
not complete delivering for almost
eleven montliB," If, Indeed, they are
able to do bo then.
Makes Claim for Salary,
C. E. O'Malley, appointed by Gov
ernor Shallenberger, but who was pre
vented from serving by reason of an
Injunction of tho federal court, has
put In a claim for a salary which that
injunction prevented him from re
ceiving, lie wants $3,000, covering the
period of two years for which ho was
appointed.
Defacing Oregon Trail Monuments.
According to word received by the
Oregon Trail commission somo of tho
monuments erected along tho trull In
Nuckoll's county havo been defaced
by vandals who have used them for
target practice. Gecrgo D. Follmer
and G. G. Scroggln of Oak, represent
ing tho local committee, havo offered
a reward of $25 for information which
will lead to tho arrest of the guilty'
parties. Tho state law provides that
nnono convicted of defacing these
monumcntB shall bo punished by a
fine of not leas than $5 nor more than
$100, or by imprisonment In the
county jail for a period of not less
Uian thirty or more than ninety days,
or both.
The Claim of Chief Briggs.
The claim of Chief John Briggs of
South Omalia for $1,800 duo him as
ho claims for capturing tho escaped
convicts last spring, will likely bo put
up to the legislature for settlement,
th auditor refusing to draw a warrant
for Uie claim.
New German Corporation.
Articles of incorporation of the
Press Publishing company of Lincoln
were filed with tho secretary of state.
Tho company Is incorporated for
1 80,000.
iitJ" irv-. x,iiS,(j
'&ii$i&m.
FIRES IN NEBRASKA.
8tate Commissioner Speaks of Them
In Annual Report.
In hla report to tho governor Flro
Commissioner Charles L, Randall pays
considerable attention to the Iobb sus
tained by fires and tho falling off of
tho number Blnco ho took control of
the office. Ho pays tho volunteer fire
men a strong tribute and urges that a
law be passed at tho coming session
of tho legislature which will enablo
towns and villages to equip their local
departments with up-to-dato flro fight
ing apparatus.
In the interest of carrying on a cam
paign of education, Uio report shows
that Commissioner Randall has deliv
ered addresses to over 70,000 school
children nnd 30,000 business men over
the state. Ho has sent out over
500,000 bullotlns and cards and over
100,000 of his recent "Nebraska Fire
Scout" enrollment cards, .
He pays a tributo to Uio press of
the state, which has assisted in tho
campaign of education for flro precau
tion by publishing his monthly bulle
tins, lie says Uiat tho legislature
should provido a suitable amount so
that these papors could bo paid for
tho space taken In the work.
Last year tho loss of proporty on ac
count of Fourth of July conflagrations
was $235,000, but this year tho loss
wub only $7,100.
Ho calls attention to the groat dan
ger from gasoline, not only from its
fire-starting qualities, but from tho
danger to thoso who may bo called to
fight a fire where gasoline is burning.
Ho sayB that he has known tho fumes
of burning gasoline to penetrate
through the air fifty feet and do groat
damage, not only to property, but to
life. Some of tho most severe cases
of burning has been from the inhaling
of gasoline from a fire. This can be
communicated fifty feet or moro under
conditions which are apt to oxist at
most any flro where gasoline is burn
ing. During the last year 1,234 fires wore
reported to the fire commissioner. Last
year there were 1,348. Tho value of
the buildings on Are was $11,373,284.38.
Tho fire loss was $869,068.40, about
7 2-3 per cent of valuo. Tho value of
the contents of these buildings waB
$6,168,397.54. The loss waB $1,314,
556.93, about 21 per cent. The dif
ference between the raluo of the
buildings, and their contents and the
damage was $15,358,050.59, and volun
teer firemen of the stato Bhould bo
given credit for the saving of this vast
amount of wealth.
Following Ib a showing of the value,
loss and insurance on property during
tho last three years:
Value of buildings $27,721,873.39
Value of contents 19,954,373.54
Insurance on buildings .. 14,467,860.50
Insurance on contents .. 12,947,650.75
Loss to buildings 2,982,683.05
Loss to contents 3,159,123.55
JThe Dairymen Meet This Month
Tho twenty-eighth annual meeting
of the Nebraska dairymen's associa
tion will be held in Lincoln Wednes
day. Thursday nnd Friday, January
22 to 24. Tho sessions will bo held in
connection with tho organized agri
cultural meetings which will take
placo. at the samo time. Addresses
will be given by Food Commissioner
Hansen and Professors Burnett and
Frandsen of the Btnto university farm.
A feature of the convention will bo
tho cow Judging confest to bo hold
Friday afternoon. A purse of $200
will be divided among thoso contest
ants who score Bovcnty-fivo or more
points out -of a possiblo 100.
'Phone Company Bonds.
Tho PJatte Valley Telephone com
pany has mado application to tho rail
way commission for permission to Is
suo and soil $30,000 refunding bond3
and tho same has been granted by tho
commission. The company Is located
at Scotts Bluff, and desires to pay off
its presont Indebtedness and extend
its lines.
Talk of New State House.
A. P. Foster, secretary of tho Nash.
vlllo industrial bureau, has written
Secretary of Stato Wait that the stato
of Tennessee has outgrown Its histor
ical capltol building and proposes to
build an annex. Ho asks whether the
the stato of Nebraska has built an an
nex or Is contemplating building one.
and if it hns he desires to get Uie
name of tho architect, information in
regard to tho cost and how the annex
comports with the main capltol build
ing. In reply Mr. Walt has writton
that Nebraska Is In search of just
such information aB Tennessee de
sires because there is talk of a now
capltol or an annex in this state.
County Sues for Cash.
An echo of tho Capital National
bank failure of many years ago was
heard in tho Lancaster county district
court when arguments were heard on
tho demurrer of tho stato to the pe
tition of tho county of Lancaster. to
recover from tho stato money belong
ing to the stato which the, county had
in Uio bank at the time of tho failure.
Tho amount sued for is $6,331.72, and
Interest from Janunry 21, 1893.
A $15,000 Observatory.
Unless tho legislature refuses to ac
cept and act on tho advico of tho
board of regents of tho university, tho
Btato school will soon bo provided
with a $15,000 observatory in whih
will bo bossed Uio new twelve-Inch
telescope and other astronomical In
struments. Professor G. D. Swezey,
head of the department, made the re
quest, It was given tho approval of
Chancellor Avery, and tho regents
acted favorably In their biennial re
port to tho governor.
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